20 Powerful Quotes about Strength When You Don’t Feel Strong

When things get a little messy, you still retain one great power. These quotes about strength aren’t about forcing ourselves to be what we’re not or to make it all happen, but they remind us that true strength is based in deep love, and a trust that nothing is ever left undone.

“All your power is in your awareness of that power.” – Rhonda Byrne, The Secret

Darker times tend to be soul-searching times. There is value in facing our fears head-on and feeling the pain, keeping in mind that at any given moment you have the power to change your world by changing your mind about yourself.

The beliefs you hold about yourself carry with them a propensity for healing, if you only stay willing to hold healing thoughts about yourself. Believing that you’re always in the right place at the right time, for instance, heals the belief that you’re not supposed to be experiencing this, and that life is “wrong.”

The only requirement for being in the right place at the right time is believing that you always are.

Not every season of your life is the season to launch, the time to say yes, or the place to stand strong in what you’ve always believed to be true. It is, however, always the right time to tend to the flickering flame of hope inside.

When you know something is emerging in your life–whether it looks good or bad while it’s happening–be courageous enough to give it space. Otherwise, you may miss the miracle. Tending to hope in dreary times is strength. Tending to the potential of a miracle in a time of despair is strength.

Tending to your beliefs, whether they’re positive or negative, and honoring the season of your life is strength. It may be exhausting and you may not feel very strong, but the power to change your mind about yourself never leaves you: being open to a countering belief, to something you’ve never thought before, is being strong.

When life feels crappy, stay connected to the power of the simplicity of being present in your own company.

Whatever you’re handling right now, know that it’s not going to be forever. If you’re in the winter season, it too will pass. If it’s not your time to feel strong, support that feeling with the notion that it’s okay to feel that way, and the strength will emerge.

When you feel out of alignment with a joyful presence, I hope these quotes about strength help you remember your own innate worth, power, and potential for healing. You are loved, and this is all just a simple reminder of that unshakeable truth.

20 Quotes about Strength to Support Your Innate Power to Pick a New Thought

1. “Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are.” – Brené Brown

2. “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

14. “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” – Winston Churchill

15. “Loving ourselves through the process of owning our story is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.” – Brené Brown

16. “It’s OK if you fall down and lose your spark. Just make sure that when you get back up, you rise as the whole damn fire.” – Collette Werden

17. “Our wholeness depends on the alliance of all aspects of our story, not just the good times. We can’t pick and choose which experiences support a loving vision for our lives; we must pick them all to love at all.” – J. W.

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